Ratings
Ratings are based on a four star system.
One star means that the commercials are more entertaining than the program.
Two stars watch if you have nothing better to do.
Three stars is good solid entertainment.
Four stars means you never dreamed television could be this good.

The big news in February is the beginning of a new series by Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy and
Firefly. It's called Dollhouse.

Smallville continues to go downhill. Only one new episode is scheduled for February, though
another episode, unpromisingly titled "Hex," is in the can and could air. My guess is that the producers are trying
desperately to get the show back on track. Stephen S. DeKnight, writer for Buffy and Angel,
who was the top writer for Smallville, has gone over to Dollhouse. I hope they let
Clark don the cape and fly away at the end.

Friday night is proverbially where TV shows go to die. It killed the original Star Trek. It
killed Firefly. Will it kill Terminator and Dollhouse?

Ron Moore, commenting on the Final Cylon, admitted that he didn't know who it would be until the script was
written. Now we know who, but not why. To me, this is like a mystery writer not knowing who-done-it when he
starts a book, so that all the "clues" are meaningless until, at the end, we learn that the rabbit-in-the-hat
is the murderer. This explains why Battlestar Galactica is big on emotion but small on
logic. It's still the best SF on the air in February. The new volume of Heroes also looks good.